Fight, Grin & Squarely Play the Game: The 1945 Loyola New Orleans Basketball Championship & Legacy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540232960)

In 1945, the Loyola New Orleans Wolf Pack became the city's first basketball team to earn a national championship. The Cinderella season was chronicled in the Times Picayune," the student newspaper "The Maroon" and letters from students and alums fighting overseas. The 1944-45 run to the championship was an amazing boon to the community during trying times. The group of boyhood friends and rivals beat out previous national champions and exhausted opponents. Take a courtside seat as journalist Ramon A. Vargas chronicles the season, including heartfelt personal narratives to tell the story of the championship and legacy of a team that led Loyola to national prominence."

Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas
ISBN-10: 1540232964
ISBN-13: 9781540232960
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2013
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d